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Elate

The anti-ghosting dating app

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1-20 employees
  • B2C
  • Lifestyle
  • Social
  • Dating
  • Mobile
Whitechapel, London, UK

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Company mission

Elate is the dating app for serious relationships with no swiping, less ghosting, and fewer d*ckheads

50% female employees

Our take

Online dating is a $4 Billon industry where 45% of users are dissatisfied with their primary dating app. Elate is trying to fix that by tackling every bugbear of online daters, starting with ghosting.

Elate app is focused on curation rather than volume, unlike many of the leading dating apps. For example, in order to start talking to a new match, the users must first end an existing one, disincentivizing ghosting.

The online dating space is fiercely competitive and many startups have tried to break into the market, each with their own unique selling-point. To survive, Elate must ensure that they capitalise on the network effects of their user growth quickly such that they are no fad, but stay for the long-term.

The company has already attracted thousands of users. They are now gearing up for raising funding and a full launch.

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Benefits

  • Share options
  • Flexible working (ie work from the co-working space or remote)
  • Classpass membership or Wellbeing allowance

Leadership

Sanjay Panchal

(Founder)

Over 15 years experience working on some of the world's biggest brands and startups including O2, Google, YouTube, Gillette, and was Head of Growth at the Fintech startup, Yolt.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Elate

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Sanjay Panchal (Founder)

  • At Elate, we strongly believe diversity and inclusion make for better teams and better companies
  • It's especially important for us as we're working to build a better and more inclusive dating app, in an industry that is currently failing minorities and LGBTQIA+ users
  • We strive for minority representation and gender balance and are at an exciting time as a startup where you can join and help shape the D&I approach and policies we create